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That's a great package, but what I don't get is why the "mozilla bundle" name if this works just as well on Chrome?

by androidb 12y ago

thirdtruck 12y ago
Some of what you pay goes to the Mozilla Foundation by default.
iends 12y ago
Some of the money is going to the Mozilla Foundation.
- taliesan 12y ago
  And two other charities involved in advancing the open web: Code Now and Maker Ed.
- eloisant 12y ago
  Which is not a charity BTW, they're a non-profit but they make a lot of money from Firefox and the Mozilla Corporation is run like any other company.
  - iends 12y ago
    Lots of charities make a lot of money and are run like any other companies. As far as the IRS is concerned, Mozilla Foundation is a charity since it is a 501c3.
    - taliesan 12y ago
      Yip.
Igglyboo 12y ago
In addition to some money going to mozilla, asm.js was also designed by mozilla.
- Nullabillity 12y ago
  And it's ported using Emscripten, which was also developed by Mozilla.
  - teraflop 12y ago
    Well, to be more precise, it was originally developed as a hobby project by a developer who happened to be working at Mozilla at the time. http://syntensity.blogspot.com/2010/08/emscripten.html http://syntensity.blogspot.com/2010/08/emscripten.html
benaiah 12y ago
My guess is that, while the games technically run on chrome, they require the asm.js optimizations that only Firefox has atm in order to run at a decent speed.
- cossovich 12y ago
  Chrome (and Opera) optimised for asm.js a little while ago[1]. I would expect equivalent performance. 1. https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/11/26/chrome-and-opera-optimize-for-mozilla-pioneered-asm-js/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/11/26/chrome-an...
- nulltype 12y ago
  I just played the demos in Chrome on the website and they run really well, except Dustforce which has a warning on it about only working well in Firefox.
azakai 12y ago
Mozilla is a nonprofit whose goal is to promote the web. So it is very important that this runs well on Firefox, Chrome, and on all other modern browsers - if it didn't, this would be pointless for Mozilla to do. Mozilla helped out here, but the goal is to show that games on the web can be fun, and of course that means anywhere the web can run, in any browser. edit: the distinction is also noticeable in that this is the Humble Mozilla Bundle, and not Humble Firefox Bundle.
yohui 12y ago
Well, Mozilla is Humble's partner for this bundle, receiving a cut of the revenue, and asm.js is their work. Plus, Chrome users can benefit from Mozilla's work, too, just as Firefox users may appreciate Google. It's the "Mozilla Bundle", not the "Firefox Bundle", after all.

That's a great package, but what I don't get is why the "mozilla bundle" name if this works just as well on Chrome?

thirdtruck 12y ago

Some of what you pay goes to the Mozilla Foundation by default.

iends 12y ago

Some of the money is going to the Mozilla Foundation.

taliesan 12y ago
And two other charities involved in advancing the open web: Code Now and Maker Ed.
eloisant 12y ago
Which is not a charity BTW, they're a non-profit but they make a lot of money from Firefox and the Mozilla Corporation is run like any other company.
- iends 12y ago
  Lots of charities make a lot of money and are run like any other companies. As far as the IRS is concerned, Mozilla Foundation is a charity since it is a 501c3.
  - taliesan 12y ago
    Yip.

Igglyboo 12y ago

In addition to some money going to mozilla, asm.js was also designed by mozilla.

Nullabillity 12y ago
And it's ported using Emscripten, which was also developed by Mozilla.
- teraflop 12y ago
  Well, to be more precise, it was originally developed as a hobby project by a developer who happened to be working at Mozilla at the time. http://syntensity.blogspot.com/2010/08/emscripten.html http://syntensity.blogspot.com/2010/08/emscripten.html

benaiah 12y ago

My guess is that, while the games technically run on chrome, they require the asm.js optimizations that only Firefox has atm in order to run at a decent speed.

cossovich 12y ago
Chrome (and Opera) optimised for asm.js a little while ago[1]. I would expect equivalent performance. 1. https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/11/26/chrome-and-opera-optimize-for-mozilla-pioneered-asm-js/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/11/26/chrome-an...
nulltype 12y ago
I just played the demos in Chrome on the website and they run really well, except Dustforce which has a warning on it about only working well in Firefox.

azakai 12y ago

Mozilla is a nonprofit whose goal is to promote the web. So it is very important that this runs well on Firefox, Chrome, and on all other modern browsers - if it didn't, this would be pointless for Mozilla to do. Mozilla helped out here, but the goal is to show that games on the web can be fun, and of course that means anywhere the web can run, in any browser. edit: the distinction is also noticeable in that this is the Humble Mozilla Bundle, and not Humble Firefox Bundle.

yohui 12y ago

Well, Mozilla is Humble's partner for this bundle, receiving a cut of the revenue, and asm.js is their work. Plus, Chrome users can benefit from Mozilla's work, too, just as Firefox users may appreciate Google. It's the "Mozilla Bundle", not the "Firefox Bundle", after all.